Rocket blasts 'boring' snooker chiefs

Ronnie O’Sullivan launched a startling attack on the state of professional snooker after edging into the quarter-finals of the Masters at Wembley.

The world number one claimed the sport is “on a downward spiral”, aimed scathing criticism at its administrators, and insisted only someone with the business vision of 'X Factor' supremo Simon Cowell or Barry Hearn could rescue it.